Sunday, August 19, 2012

Wish Me Luck!

We went camping together once, on the May long weekend; it was at a music festival that Husband was playing at, on a friends' farm, about a three hour drive away.

When we arrived, about ten o'clock at night, it was pitch black and pouring rain. We couldn't set up our tent, so had to sleep in the back of our rented PT Cruiser. The air mattress fit, so we blew it up.

That turned out to be a mistake, since it put our faces about a foot from the roof of the car. I woke up in the middle of the night, screaming, from a dream that I'd been buried alive.

The rest of the trip, it both rained and SNOWED. A lot of people were staying up all night and sleeping during the day because it was too damn cold to sleep at night. My toes still hurt when it gets cold.

Needless to say, it was not exactly my favourite camping trip ever.

That was over ten years ago, and we have not been camping since.

Which brings me to today: Today, I will be embarking on a three day camping trip with the girls. Husband will not be joining us. (More because he has to work than because he hates camping. I think.)

I have to admit though, that it's not actually "camping", as I would define it. We're setting up a tent in my parents' backyard. We will have access to running water, a refrigerator, and a barbecue.

It's more of a "practice" camping trip, to see how the girls do, because Husband has promised me a proper camping trip next summer.

(And if it goes anything like that trip with Husband, we can always pack up and slink into the house.)

10 comments:

Have a great time! A friend of ours just returned from a big camping trip where they were dropped off by a sailboat (who woudn't return for 3 days) and suffered through torrential downpours every day. They still had a great time. Me? I would've thrown myself into the lake. I admire your adventurous spirit!

I don't think we're quite ready for that sort of thing... Although it sounds kind of awesome. Except for the torrential downpour part. Next year we're thinking of going to an actual campground instead of my parents backyard - that's about as advebpnturous as we're going to get for a while.

I've done the backyard tenting with my daughters. It is fun! Especially being able to get up, go inside and grab your coffee straight away ;) The kids think it's great (the tenting, not the coffee. Ha Ha)

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I am a stay at home mum, a writer, and an artist. I've got three amazing little girls. Beege is 11, Keebee is 9, and Bean joined us in February 2016. They keep me on my toes and don't give me time for much else. They call me Mummy, but most people call me Jessica. Oh, Husband is around here somewhere too. (He's pretty awesome.)